** BOLIVIA [and non]. 5952.46, Jan 1 at 0400 tune-in just after the arrival of
2016y to find S8 from Radio Pio XII, Siglo XX on the air late for the occasion
with national anthem playing; 0401 ID, welcoming us to 2 mil 16, brief speeches
by several officials with music bridges; 0405 ``algunas palabras del director(?)
de Siglo Veinte``, ``para gente del campo y de las minas``; 0407 ``¡Feliz año
nuevo!``. 0418 still on with song, and at 0431 with ACI worsening from 5950
WRMI.
At first, RP12 was slightly stronger than RMI, by 0418 about equal
S9. I had been carefully avoiding it by USB and passband tuning. (WRMI-14 has
now officially expanded 5950 hours to bring us even more BS at 01-05 southward,
in addition to 23-01 and 11-12 other programming; see U S A.) Also see BRAZIL
[and non] for what I was hearing just before this on 60m. R. Santa Cruz 6134.8v
was not on so late (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. For
*2016y in this country, I pick the sure-fire bigsig on 11780.1, RNA/RNB, which
is always on the hi side, but has behaved itself the past couple months with no
more of those awful spurs all over 25m. Brasília is on DST of UT -2, so tune in
at 0154, to a song, 0156 hyper DJ, but that`s nothing unusual. 0159
multi-station ID for EBC Rádios Nacionais and MECs all over, 0200 no timesignal,
``Nacional Informa`` ordinary news, no celebration, but acknowledges time is
``méia-noite``, without specifying which year. So much for that. BTW, méia in
this sense does not mean ``six`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** BRAZIL [and non]. Leading up to 0400 UT January 1, I`m
bandscanning 90 and 60 m on the NRD-545, looking for unusual Latin Americans on
late for New Year`s, starting at 0348:
4990, at 0348, JBA carrier, like
to think it`s Suriname, never heard here with any identifiable
audio
4894.90, at 0350, S7 music vs S9 CODAR. This off-frequency is the
signature of R. Novo Tempo, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, e.g. logged Oct 30
by Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal.
4875.1, at 0351, echoey speech. This
off-frequency is commonly heard here, i.e. Rdif. de Roraima, Boa
Vista.
4862.3, at 0353, JBA carrier vs CODAR. Daniel Wyllyans in Mato
Grosso had just reported to HCDX a Brazilian on 4862, UT Dec 27 at 0148 which he
tentatively thought would be R. Alvorada de Londrina, as Verdes Florestas was
still on 4865, which is also Alvorada`s nominal frequency.
4824.9, at
0353, algo vs CODAR. This off-frequency is signature of
Rádio Canção Nova,
Cachoeira Paulista SP, as measured by Carlos Gonçalves November
1.
4810.0, at 0354, algo JBA vs CODAR, presumably R. Logos, Chazuta,
Perú, as I hardly ever get any more from it, even on LSB required to avoid
uteblob on hi side.
I finally start scanning 49m just before 0400,
resulting in only one significant NYE catch, BOLIVIA on 5952.46, q.v. (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 10000, Jan 1 at 0702, PPE
time announcement in Portuguese and pip every dekaminute, the hour being 5+ on
ZY DST at Observatório Nacional, Rio. It`s very weak but recognizable, under
weak WWVH and no WWV at all. Listed as 1 kW, carrier plus USB, so I should have
tried not hearing it on LSB. The ZY broadcasters on 31m are correspondingly a
bit stronger than usual in the nightmiddle.
Which reminds me, can anyone
confirm whether LOL Argentina is active? WRTH 2016 lists on 10000-AM, 2 kW at
1400-1500 Mon-Fri only. By that time, WWV is usually at strong daytime level
here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [non?]. 5010, Dec
31 at 2317, very poor carrier(s) with heavy Doppler flutter (i.e. frequency
itself wobbling, caused by ionosphere, not transmitter), all talk seems Chinese
past 2335. RTI is here but jammers are always more likely atop. Don`t know of
any CNR1 frequency to compare it with at this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CURACAO [and non]. 21240-USB, Jan 1 at 1408, Anders,
vacationing on Curaçao, making contact with Rosemary, KB4RM, whom he quickly
tells he has worked before; his signal grows, maybe rotating toward us, while
hers is JBA. He`s one of those hams who pronounces contacts` calls much more
clearly and often than his own. Says he`s hot and needs to take a shower; this
will be last contact. It`s PJ2/SM4 --- something, and they soon switch to
Swedish, 1414 discussing Göteborg. Finishes at 1418 never going back to English,
and my Swedish alphabet is not well-known. Ignores another call from someone
else.
Not enough info to find on QRZ.com, so I try DX Cluster, and find
a couple of other contacts during the previous hour, on this frequency, with
PJ2/SM4KYN. Now I can find him on QRZ.com:
SM4KYN Sweden flag
Anders
Qvist
Pilgrimsvagen 24A
68137 Kristinehamn
Sweden
``Coming up, PJ2
Curacao and PJ4 Bonaire, December 14 to January 14. Now QRV from Curacao, sorry
but I am on holiday and do not try to work as many station as possible.`` Here`s
a photo, QSL? Which I deserve but will not bother him for:
Lots
more photos of this and his other vacations at QRZ.com
KB4RM is: ROSE
MARIE B BATTIG, PO BOX 8185, Charlottesville, VA 22906-8185 USA (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EAST TURKISTAN. 5060, 4850, 4500, Dec 31 at
2334, JBA carriers on the PBS Xinjiang Urumqi frequencies, but not on 4980. Aoki
shows that 5060 and 4980 start morning broadcasts at 2308, 4850 and 4500 at 2340
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUATEMALA. 4055, Jan 1 at
0355, R. Verdad is S9+25 on NYE, but dead air or maybe barely modulated (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 1140, Jan 1 at 0427 UT, ID as
Radio Pentecoste, gospel songs in Spanish, i.e. XEMR, 50/50 kW in Monterrey NL,
whose listed name is Radio Esperanza, but I`ve heard Pentecoste on it before,
maybe just a program title (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
**
OKLAHOMA. 95.7, Dec 31 at 1902 UT on caradio in western Enid, I am getting a
weak signal with Oklahoma news --- could local KXLS Lahoma really be on with
exciter-power only? No: ONN goes to ABC news at 1903, and at 1905 weather on
KKAJ from the Channel 12 KXII Weather Center, i.e. Ardmore. KKAJ-FM is 50 kW,
140 m in Davis OK, ``Texoma Country`` listed slogan. 221 km = 138 miles city to
city. It does have some CCI, possibly Es as I have just got WRAU Maryland on
88.3; or another weak OK or KS outlet (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. Brother HySTAIRical expansions: see USA
WRMI
** SPAIN. 9690, Dec 31 at 2239, I tune in REE for New Year
festivities --- just about the only UT+1 zone European SW station left with
possibly live broadcasts. Yes, a 2-minute year-in-review capsule of the most
important stories; 2246 rock song in English; 2257.5 joining TVE for coverage
from Puerta del Sol, usual excited commentary, all in Castilian unlike the
music; 2300 pops and bells ringing at local midnight; then more gabbing past
2307. Normal close-down is 2300, but still on air at 2342 check, with another
song in English. What`s with that; not enough stuff in Spanish?
Of course
all of Spain between 7.5 degrees west and east should really be on UT, even UT-1
in Galicia. Apparently recent pushes for such normalization are unsuccessful
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5000, Dec 31 at 2359
UT, our tradition continues of monitoring the real arrival of a New Year
according to WWV. Uncounted, but no Leap Second had been publicized. Did not
even try for BBCWS/Big Ben this year, as I know only marginal SW frequencies
could possibly be audible (and might be frustratingly cut off before completed).
WWV again at 0559+ UT Jan 1 for the arrival of 2016y here in the CST zone, and
official celebration in our household. Happy New Year! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1806 monitoring: missed
checking WRMI Dec 31 Thu 1230 on 9955, and 2100 on 7570, but confident they
aired. Confirmed UT Friday January 1 at 0200 on WBCQ 9329.77-CUSB; had been
playing music at 0157 instead of Blalock the blaster; off early or completely?
Next:
Fri 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE
Fri 2130.6 WRMI 7570 to NW
Sat 0730
HLR 7265-CUSB to SW
Sat 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB to SW
Sat 2030v WA0RCR
1860-AM ND?
Sun 0415v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND?
Sun 0900 WRMI 5850 to NW
Mon 0400v WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 1415.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 2200
WBCQ 7490v to WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A
[and non]. 7489.85, Dec 31 at 2241, WBCQ during this odd Overcomer hour has a
low audible heterodyne, from BBCWS English via THAILAND, 7490.0, inadvertently
aimed this way beyond East Asia at 22-24. Fortunately, yesterday from 2200, WBCQ
was on-frequency during WORLD OF RADIO, so no het and any CCI was negligible
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5850, Dec 31, 2015y at
2315, open carrier, dead air from WRMI past 2335, finally coming to life at 2359
with BZ ID and from 0000 UT January 1, 2016y, RSI in Slovak as scheduled.
Thursdays at 23-24, 5850 is supposed to emit Viva Miami, Moments in Bible
Prophecy and Radio Ukraine International, and this hour // 11580, unchecked
whether it was dead too.
9955, Thu Dec 31 at 2335 check, WRMI with
``Haciendo Campo``, clip of some station with Andean music, and more clips.
Presumably during historical media show `La Rosa de Tokio` sked jueves a las
23-24.
5850, Jan 1 at 0411, Brother Scare has replaced Rick Wiles on
WRMI, S9+45, and ditto on 7730, while BS remains on 7570, all bigsigs, what a
waste. 9395 is all that`s left for SonPower Radio Network, JBA now, but around
0700 recheck has re-reached audible level. New WRMI sked shows only 9395, 24
hours for ``TruNews`` which is axually one program on SonPower, tho its
flagship. They really should have picked the lowest frequency to keep for winter
overnights, but what does Rick know about Propagation 101?
BS additions
include: 01-07 on 5850 & 7730; 01-05 on 5950; 01-03 on 5985; 03-05 on 11920;
23-15 on 5015. This means an Overcomer-overload on WRMI, e.g. at 03-05 on SEVEN
frequencies at once: 11920, 11580, 7730, 7570, 5950, 5850, 5015.
However,
5015 was not heard at all on UT January 1. Instead:
5956.20, Jan 1 at
1320, very poor signal sounds like Brother Scare! Not synchronized with 3185
WWRB, or 9980 WWCR, but yes, matches 11825 WRMI. Needs to be split off from
slightly stronger signal on 5955.0, CRI. At 1352 still audible, and after 1401.
Unfortunately I was not on 5956.20 at 1359 when a WRMI ID should have
automatically fired, interrupting the LDPOG. At 1633 I sent this to
WRMI:
``Jeff & Terry, Something very strange this morning. Brother
Stair, weak signal on 5956.2, heard from 1320 past 1401. It was synchronized
with 11825, so I think it must be a stray transmission from WRMI; NOT synchro
with WWCR 9980 or WWRB 3185. I guess this is #5, supposed to be on 5015 --- not
there now, nor was I hearing it last night. Please confirm if I have figured
this out correctly. Glenn``
Jeff replied at 1747: ``We're looking into
this, Glenn, to see what you might be hearing. Jeff, Sent from my iPhone``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9475, Jan 1 at 0415,
JBA signal here and no signal on 5830, so Ted on New Year`s Eve has forgotten to
change WTWW-1 from day to night frequency! Still the same at 0654 and presumably
all-night (Glen Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1010, Jan 1 at
1345 UT, ``KXEN, Faith Talk for St. Louis`` and into Joyce Meyer program. Was 50
kW daytime, but has been on much reduced STA of 350 watts. Sounds like more than
that but less than 50,000. Not unusual here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 1310, Jan 1 at 1338 UT tune-in, ``1310 WIBA News
time``, football report, atop frequency. It`s Madison WI, one of my former
locals, 5/5 kW U2. Day pattern is ND; night somewhat skewed toward the north.
Then at 1339 UT, I check another Madison frequency, 1670 and WUSW is in well as
often with sports talk. Official sunrise in January is 1330 UT (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 6m sporadic E dx-map shows lots of
activity across eastern US, and at last some of the contact paths are reaching
Oklahoma. So as I head out for lunch I`m alert for any DX on the caradio, Dec
31, UT:
88.3 FM, at 1858 UT, since local Family Radio translator is still
off, thank goodness, marginal signal from low-power KOSR Stillwater with Fresh
Air is QRMed by another NPR station with Hear & Now closing; promo for Third
Coast Festival from WBEZ Chicago; 1859 ID for WAMU 88.5, and wamu.org! Yes,
definitely heard on 88.3, as 88.5 is blocked by an Okie; Fresh Air is next on
this one. Possibly there was an insert with the relayer`s ID, missed as I was
tuning around. So what transmitter would be carrying WAMU on 88.3? WTFDA FM
Database has one and only one hit:
WRAU, // WAMU, 88.3, Ocean City MD, 50
kW ERP, 150 m HAAT --- Ocean City as implied is right on the east coast, just
south of the Delaware border, i.e. the farthest point of Maryland from here,
2023 km = 1257 miles city-to-city.
I tune up for a few more minutes but
no other obvious Es; there are some unusually strong music signals on 93.1 and
93.3, but could just be KS & OK. While dining on pizza next to an
east-facing window, on the G8 I keep looking for FM DX, but even nearby signals
are attenuated, by security system? Yet I can get SW stations fine on it.
Might another hop have got me Bermuda at last? No, it`s further south,
1902 miles away, the midpoint in western North Carolina, with plenty of blocking
signals. Best bet Ocean 89 on 89.1 is only 1 kW and anyway blocked here by that
Oasis Network translator. And this opening`s MUF barely reached 88 MHz (Glenn
Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** YEMEN [non]. 11860, Jan 1 at
1430, R. Sana`a is at usual good level, now with lite CCI starting from R.
Ashna, Kuwait, which seems unwilling (or unknowing) to move off. Listening to
this almost every morning, I hear familiar music time and again, hard to
describe, but this one has a siren briefly at 1436.
Today`s cut to
Qur`an, Maghrib sunset call to prayer, occurs at 1442:54, which is 34.5 seconds
*earlier* than yesterday, so jumped the gun a bit, zigzagging, margin of error,
but still close to real calculated sunset times (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1290, Jan 1 at 0424 UT, crooner singing ``It would
take a Michelangelo``, i.e. ``Portrait of My Love``, roughly north/south. Best
bet by proximity and format, and ruling out some news/sports 1290s, is: WZTI
Greenfield WI, 5/5 kW U4, UC:OLD format per NRC AM Log. Patterns are NNE/SSW,
but 1290 is that page in the NRC Pattern Book where day and night patterns are
indistinguishable. Radio-Locator.com shows both day and night similar patterns
favor the north but not exclusively. The second possibility, from the opposite
direxion, is: KIVY Crockett TX, 2500/175 watts U1, NOStalgia format. Crockett is
in east central TX (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED.
7385, Jan 1 at 0708, various tones with buzz, carrier cutting on and off. This
is a WHRI frequency currently used before 0500 and after 1100 per Aoki, but
registered available 23-14 straight thru per HFCC B-15. So is this a WHRI
transmitter or some ute? I never notice any ute QRM during WHRI programming here
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report despatched at 2119 UT
January 1
